These boats came in collision on the Mississippi, seven miles below Natcliez, November 21, 184G. The bow of the Sultana struck the Maria opposite her boilers, throwing them out of their place, and breaking the connection pipe and much of the wood-work, causing the boat to sink within five minutes. About thirty lives were lost, and several persons were scalded with more or less severity.
KILLED.-Garret Bennis, James Slemmon, Wm. Moreland, John
Ross, Dennis McArtney, John Steamlon, Wm. English, Frank Roberts, Peter Mattis, Peter Valenicr, and perhaps twenty others, names unknown.
WOUNDED.-Wm. Leahey, Samuel Buzzy, Patrick Kenney, John B. Fleming.
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